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Number And Proportion Of Inter-Ethnic And Transnational Marriages Among Citizen Marriages, Annual

Description

Annual counts and shares of inter-ethnic and transnational marriages among Singapore citizen marriages from 1984 through 2024, published by SingStat. Citizen marriages involve at least one citizen; totals may include marriages with unreported attributes. Family and demography researchers track cross-ethnic and cross-national marriage trends. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder TS/M830184.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 10/07/2026 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: Total may include marriages with attribute(s) not reported. Citizen marriages refer to marriages involving at least one citizen. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M830184

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Coverage
1984-01-01 – 2025-12-31
Rows
5
Columns
43

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Data Series 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984
Citizen Marriages 22955.000000 24355.000000 24767.000000 23433.000000 19430.000000 22165.000000 23632.000000 24417.000000 23873.000000 23805.000000 24037.000000 21842.000000 23192.000000 22712.000000 20273.000000 21667.000000 21042.000000 20775.000000 20778.000000 20494.000000 19615.000000 19458.000000 20657.000000 19827.000000 20614.000000 23480.000000 21233.000000 24195.000000 22510.000000 23470.000000 23333.000000 24057.000000 24563.000000 23809.000000 23093.000000 22628.000000 23989.000000 22567.000000 19348.000000 22578.000000 23853.000000
Inter-Ethnic Marriages Among Citizen Marriages 4407.000000 4431.000000 4201.000000 3735.000000 3322.000000 4060.000000 4258.000000 4339.000000 4264.000000 4204.000000 4134.000000 3984.000000 4289.000000 4050.000000 3631.000000 3665.000000 3169.000000 3100.000000 2866.000000 2792.000000 2295.000000 2185.000000 2441.000000 2466.000000 2401.000000 2376.000000 2217.000000 2091.000000 2023.000000 2036.000000 1985.000000 1886.000000 1805.000000 1685.000000 1704.000000 1482.000000 1529.000000 1304.000000 1235.000000 1344.000000 1375.000000
Transnational Marriages Among Citizen Marriages 8393.000000 8858.000000 8230.000000 6787.000000 5761.000000 8105.000000 8391.000000 8436.000000 8581.000000 8562.000000 8868.000000 8566.000000 9263.000000 8949.000000 8230.000000 8843.000000 8136.000000 8086.000000 8161.000000 8406.000000 7130.000000 6358.000000 6806.000000 6745.000000 6627.000000 7209.000000 6969.000000 6397.000000 7059.000000 6955.000000 6695.000000 6729.000000 6499.000000 4798.000000 4731.000000 4097.000000 3657.000000 3503.000000 2979.000000 3137.000000 3597.000000
Proportion Of Inter-Ethnic Marriages Among Citizen Marriages 19.200000 18.200000 17.000000 15.900000 17.100000 18.300000 18.000000 17.800000 17.900000 17.700000 17.200000 18.200000 18.500000 17.800000 17.900000 16.900000 15.100000 14.900000 13.800000 13.600000 11.700000 11.200000 11.800000 12.400000 11.600000 10.100000 10.400000 8.600000 9.000000 8.700000 8.500000 7.800000 7.300000 7.100000 7.400000 6.500000 6.400000 5.800000 6.400000 6.000000 5.800000
Proportion Of Transnational Marriages Among Citizen Marriages 36.600000 36.400000 33.200000 29.000000 29.700000 36.600000 35.500000 34.500000 35.900000 36.000000 36.900000 39.200000 39.900000 39.400000 40.600000 40.800000 38.700000 38.900000 39.300000 41.000000 36.300000 32.700000 32.900000 34.000000 32.100000 30.700000 32.800000 26.400000 31.400000 29.600000 28.700000 28.000000 26.500000 20.200000 20.500000 18.100000 15.200000 15.500000 15.400000 13.900000 15.100000

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Data Series Text No
2025 Numeric No
2024 Numeric No
2023 Numeric No
2022 Numeric No
2021 Numeric No
2020 Numeric No
2019 Numeric No
2018 Numeric No
2017 Numeric No
2016 Numeric No
2015 Numeric No
2014 Numeric No
2013 Numeric No
2012 Numeric No
2011 Numeric No
2010 Numeric No
2009 Numeric No
2008 Numeric No
2007 Numeric No
2006 Numeric No
2005 Numeric No
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2003 Numeric No
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1998 Numeric No
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1996 Numeric No
1995 Numeric No
1994 Numeric No
1993 Numeric No
1992 Numeric No
1991 Numeric No
1990 Numeric No
1989 Numeric No
1988 Numeric No
1987 Numeric No
1986 Numeric No
1985 Numeric No
1984 Numeric No